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2 TOPICS: 1. Courtroom chaos continues. A KY trial judge issued an injunction against the NCAA, thereby authorizing Tar Heel legend Seth Trimble to play for Louisville. Meanwhile, the Tennessee plaintiffs lost again at the TN Supreme Court. That means UNC big man Cameron "the Fenaissance" Fens is still ineligible. Weird Times in College Hoops! 2. Preview of our new mini-series on what many ball knowers call "the 21st Century Pearl Harbor" -- Recorded: October 16, 2026 Cover Image: Death Of Achilles (Source: Wikimedia Commons) All third-party audio is public domain or from other public sources • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the Everything App: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc.

Matt (UNC) and Jake (Duke) discuss the following: • UNC drops exhibition game to one-time blue blood Indiana Hoosiers, 76-58. Frontcourt struggles, turnover issues, question marks at guard...and who is the go-to scorer on the Heels? • UNC beat Duke in outdoor bloodsport • UConn and Duke fans beefing about Nik Khamenia last week • Brief preview of Duke-Tennessee exhibition game this Tues. 10/20 Recorded: October 18, 2026 All third-party audio obtained from Wikimedia Commons or other public sources Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc.

INTRO: Remembering a College Athlete (Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Princeton '54) MAIN TOPIC: "End the Chaos!": Louisville MBB Coach Pat Kelsey takes the witness stand at an injunction hearing in Jefferson County, KY, and nonsensically claps back at the NCAA. • Watch Pat Kelsey's full testimony here: https://youtu.be/hY_HIn4gj8I?si=jZRSEf-KbywcxYSV ALSO: Update from NCAA Antitrust Litigation. In the Wisne v. NCAA oral arguments, a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit expressed skepticism about the college athlete plaintiffs' federal antitrust challenge to the NCAA's exclusion of members of the high school class of 2022 from a fifth year of eligibility under the NCAA's new "5-in-5" rule. Recorded: October 15, 2026 • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc. • Cover Art: Galileo before the Holy Office, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, 1847 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) • All third-party audio obtained from Wikimedia Commons or other public sources

100% Hoops Episode! Conversation between Matt (UNC) and Jake (Duke). We review early returns from our programs' wins in their first exhibition games (UNC 88 - Southern Cal 70; Duke 102 - Belmont 62) • UNC: Malone era's aggressive defense; positive post-Hubert Davis vibes; Maxi Adams, Isaiah Denis, Jarin Stevenson; problems at the Center position? • DUKE: Demonic depth; high expectations/no excuses; Dame Sarr, John Blackwell, Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje, Point guard options? Recorded: October 11, 2026 • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc. Cover Art: Eduard Grützner - Zwei Mönche bei der Brotzeit 1884 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Ending music: Claude Debussy: Pour les arpèges composés (Source: Wikimedia Commons) *all other third-party audio is in the public domain and/or downloaded from Wikimedia Commons*

- Kill the "Protect College Sports Act" - Evan Miya Preseason Top 30 College Basketball Rankings. The UConn disrespect is unreal. - High School Recruiting Updates: UConn, Duke, UNC - Mike Malone really wants 5-star freshmen. Is he mirroring Late Stage Coach K? - Duke's Dangerous (?) Depth - Preview of future programming Recorded: September 18, 2026 • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc. Opening Music: Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9 Movement IV: Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zuruckhaltend (downloaded from Wikimedia Commons - in public domain). Other music clips also obtained from Wikimedia Commons.

We are joined by sports reporter Conor O'Neill, who covers Duke athletics for Devils Illustrated on On3. TOPICS: • The Coach K to Coach Scheyer Transition. • Witnessing Duke heartbreak up close: UNC 2022, Houston 2025, UConn 2026. • What makes the 2026-27 Duke team different • Retrospective on the Hubert era at UNC; Malone thoughts • ACC MBB season predictions -- Follow Conor on Twitter: https://x.com/ConorONeill_DI -- Subscribe to Devils Illustrated here: https://www.on3.com/sites/devils-illustrated/ • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc.

TOPICS • Brothers from Jersey City: A Hurley Family History Lesson • College Sports in the Courts: a guide to injunctions • Balanced Boxscores = key to UConn's success • Disdain for Gonzaga • Duke's roster strategy evolving (more like UConn now?) • Duke fan grievances Recorded August 28, 2026 • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc.

We discuss the obstacles to organizing unions in college sports and why we should (probably?) do it anyway. Recorded: August 8, 2026 All third-party audio obtained from free public domain sources, e.g., Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons, Internet Archive • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc.

A wave of official lawlessness is sweeping ACC country. • In the East Bay of California, home of the Cal Golden Bears: Sopranos-style political corruption and Epstein-style Kompromat operations in the federal prosecution of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thai • In Charlotte, a city in North Carolina, the #1 state for ACC sports: a civil rights lawsuit alleging wrongful arrest and police brutality implicates the issue of the indistinguishable odors of legal hemp and illegal marijuana PLUS: Blue Blood Quick Bites! • UNC is pursuing another big man, former Florida backup center Micah Handglutton • Field of 68's Jeff Goodman reports the Mike Malone UNC regime is "scaring" the Duke coaching staff (?) • Fire Mike Lombardi and Bill Belichick • Duke and UConn non-conference schedules = gauntlets! Recorded 31 July 2026 Links for our referenced stories: - Opening clip of city councilor Acevedo discussing trip to Vietnam https://x.com/BlueBloodBrains/status/2083140032743842157?s=20 - KRON4 Bay Area News: Prostitutes, bribes, fake jobs at center of Sheng Thao scandal - https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/prostitutes-bribes-fake-jobs-at-center-of-sheng-thao-scandal/ - Law360: Man Sues NC City Over Arrest For Smoking Legal Hemp - www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/2506377 - Field of 68: Offseason Grades for UNC MBB - youtu.be/o3FT6NSvHuc All third-party audio and images obtained from public domain sources, e.g., Wikimedia Commons & Creative Commons • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc.

• The Odyssey discourse • Duke, UNC, UConn updates • Jon Rothstein, College Basketball's Hungriest Insider • 2026 NBA Draft class: who will be the best players in the class in 5 years? • Penn State, Maryland, Michigan State, Texas A&M and Will Wade's LSU are funding NIL with crypto tokens...the crisis in college sports labor relations continues Recorded July 24, 2026 Cover image: Marinus van Reymerswale, The Money Changer and his Wife (1538) All third-party audio and images are in the public domain (obtained from Wikimedia Commons and/or Internet Archive) • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc.

Topic 1: NBA Sports Betting Fraud • Ex-NBA players Malik Beasley and Ed Davis indicted for sports-betting fraud based on a parlays and prop bets scheme. • One time, Davis texted Beasley, "You got Snapchat, and Beasley replied, "Not really, why[.]" What an amateur hour... • How on earth does Beasley owe his barber $26K • Sports Betting will ruin America Topic 2: Blue Blood players in the NBA Draft Topic 3: The Crisis in Labor Relations in College Sports comes to Chapel Hill • UNC MBB is hiring a "Director" of Video and Scouting. The salary range is $37,440 - $50,000. Recorded July 1, 2026 All third-party audio obtained from Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons. • Follow Blue Blood Brainrot on X, the everything app: www.x.com/bluebloodbrains • Email us at [email protected] with comments, questions, thoughts, etc.

2 Topics (1) World Cup Pedants: Europeans are saying "well, actually" to goofy USA soccer fans on X: the Everything App; (2) Blue Blood Vibeshift: What makes for a "destination" men's college basketball program these days? A solo meditation by Jake (Duke). Recorded Sunday, June 28, 2026

Duke University is building a data center in the middle of campus for some reason. Jake has gripes about this. And Corey's "Nova Knicks" are leading the Spurs 2-0 in the NBA Finals. What does this tell us about the crisis in labor relations in college and pro athletics? We discuss. Plus, brief blue blood news on the finalized 2026-27 rosters for UNC and Duke. Recorded June 6, 2026 Cover image and all third-party audio obtained from Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons.

Episode 26: Blue Bloods Do Vegas • UConn-Duke schedule a Thanksgiving rematch in Las Vegas. And the game is streaming on Amazon? Amazon...the online bookstore? • Scary Terry is in yet more trouble with the feds • Blue Blood coaches Pope and Malone are on spring break in Europe & the Middle East *all third-party audio obtained from Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons* *nothing we say constitutes legal advice to former NBA players under federal investigation or to any other human or corporate person or entity* Recorded: May 1, 2026

Ep. 25: Big Dance Last Rites • We mourn the imminent passing of another American tradition. Yes, the NCAA Tournament is expanding to 76 teams. Why? • UNC lands 7-foot center Sayon Keita from FC Barcelona • Duke is interested in another FC Barcelona guy and offered Kager Knueppel! • #1 HS recruit Tyran Stokes picks Kansas over Kentucky. Coach Mark Pope whiffed again. Is he cooked? Recorded: April 28, 2026 *all third-party audio obtained from Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons*